I-65 Bottleneck: Ainsworth Demands Wider Roads | Birmingham News

Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth is pushing hard to widen I-65, citing a nine-hour drive from Orange Beach to Guntersville—far longer than the usual five to six hours—as proof of the crippling congestion on Alabama’s most traveled highway. He’s been advocating for years, hoping new leadership at the Alabama Department of Transportation will finally prioritize the project, which he says must stretch from the Tennessee border to the Gulf Coast. With his “Go Wide” hashtag and blunt comparisons to Chicago travel times, Ainsworth is making it clear: this road needs urgent expansion to ease traffic and restore sanity to Alabama drivers. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/cdc93046a39fd446